Bright Akhuetie leads the NCAA in scoring and is in the Top 10 in rebounds, steals and blocks while Altas teammate Scottie Thompson is the league leader in assists. Jerome Ascano

THE first half of the NCAA regular season has just ended on Tuesday, so it's as good a time as any to review the top individual performers, based on statistics.

Spin.ph takes a look at the top 10 players in each statistical category, courtesy of NCAA statistics provider One World Connections.

SCORING

Following his 44-point effort last July 3 against College of St. Benilde, Bright Akhuetie of Perpetual Help has emerged as the top scorer after the first round with an average of 21.33 points, followed by Art Dela Cruz of San Beda. Akhuetie has also scored 31 points twice this season for the Altas.

PLAYER

TEAM

GAMES PLAYED

POINTS

AVERAGE

Bright Akhuetie

UPHSD

9

192

21.33

Art Dela Cruz

SBC

9

177

19.67

Josan Nimes

MIT

7

129

18.43

Michael Calisaan

SSCR

9

164

18.22

Jonathan Grey

CSB

9

161

17.89

Allwell Oraeme

MIT

9

158

17.56

Tey Teodoro

JRU

9

156

17.33

Rey Nambatac

CSJL

9

149

16.56

Ola Adeogun

SBC

8

132

16.50

Jamil Ortouste

SSCR

9

148

16.44

REBOUNDS

Allwell Oraeme has been a beast down low for Mapua to emerge as the runaway leader in rebounding after the first round with an average of 19.11 a game. He notched a season-high 28 rebounds on August 14 against Letran, while having outputs of 22 and 20 this year to be at No. 6 in the scoring ladder.

PLAYER

TEAM

GAMES PLAYED

REBOUNDS

AVERAGE

Allwell Oraeme

MIT

9

172

19.11

Bradwyn Guinto

SSCR

9

115

12.78

Art Dela Cruz

SBC

9

113

12.56

Bright Akhuetie

UPHSD

9

112

12.44

Scottie Thompson

UPHSD

9

103

11.44

Sidney Onwubere

EAC

8

84

10.50

Laminou Haminou

EAC

9

89

9.89

Ola Adeogun

SBC

8

74

9.25

Michael Calisaan

SSCR

9

78

8.67

Victor Nguidjol

LPU

8

64

8.00

ASSISTS

Gilas Pilipinas cadet members Scottie Thompson of Perpetual Help and Jiovani Jalalon of Arellano are the runaway leaders in assists with a total of 80. As far as season-best records are concerned, Thompson holds the season-high with 17 followed by Jalalon with 16. Thompson also had a 14-assist game while Jalalon had 15 and 12 outputs.

PLAYER

TEAM

GAMES PLAYED

ASSISTS

AVERAGE

Scottie Thompson

UPHSD

9

80

8.89

Jiovani Jalalon

AU

9

80

8.89

Art Dela Cruz

SBC

9

55

6.11

CJ Isit

MIT

6

31

5.17

Josan Nimes

MIT

7

35

5.00

Roldan Sara

SBC

8

36

4.50

Jamil Ortouste

SSCR

9

38

4.22

Ryan Costelo

SSCR

9

37

4.11

Mark Cruz

CSJL

9

35

3.89

Mcjour Luib

CSJL

9

30

3.33

STEALS

Rey Nambatac of Letran leads the league in steals with a 3.22 per game average, is closely followed by Jiovani Jalalon of Arellano with 3.0. Incidentally, the player who has the most number of steals this season is is Nambatac's Letran teammate Mark Cruz , who is at No. 3 and had a season-high seven in a July 21 game against San Sebastian.

PLAYER

TEAM

GAMES PLAYED

STEALS

AVERAGE

Rey Nambatac

CSJL

9

29

3.22

Jiovani Jalalon

AU

9

27

3.00

Mark Cruz

CSJL

9

22

2.44

Andretti Steve

MIT

7

15

2.14

Jonathan Grey

CSB

9

19

2.11

Bright Akhuetie

UPHSD

9

18

2.00

Michael Salado

AU

9

18

2.00

Roldan Sara

SBC

8

15

1.88

Sidney Onwubere

EAC

8

15

1.88

Francis Munsayac

EAC

8

14

1.75

BLOCKS

Once again, Allwell Oraeme of Mapua proved that he is a huge presence in the paint, being the runaway leader in blocks after the first round. The Nigerian blocked a season-high eight shots against St. Benilde last July 8 and had outputs of five (twice) and four this season.